6.5 CM as a hunting cartridge... why?

[sclancy27]

Entrance or exit?

Exit

 

[Pucky Freak]

25 years from now we’ll all be saying which round/bullet and not which caliber/cartridge.

 

[17remhunter]

My father in law shot truck loads of Deer over his lifetime. Model 99 250 savage. We get way to caught up in Ballistics for LRH instead of Stalking and Hunting skills

 

[mtmuley]

Dead animal pics do so much for my choice of bullet and cartridge. mtmuley

 

[sclancy27]

Dead animal pics do so much for my choice of bullet and cartridge. mtmuley

 

[mtmuley]

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So do memes. mtmuley

 

[sclancy27]

So do memes. mtmuley

Technically that's a GIF

 

[mtmuley]

Technically that's a GIF

I'm not technical. In that respect. mtmuley

 

[SCW]

Having shot most of my deer with a bow since the 1970's, I understand enough about physiology to know how easy it is to kill a deer under ideal conditions.

So answer me this - what in your opinion are the advantages the 6.5 CM offers over the 7mm-08 or .260?

I don't ever go to the range with my 7mm-08 or .308 and wish I had a rifle that used a smaller case, less powder and fired bullets at a lower velocity.

 

[3006Sprng]

You can shoot a heavier bullet faster out of a larger caliber cartridge. .308>6.5cm

 

[Redmt]

Will the .308 kill an animal deader than the 6.5? I know that my 300 Webby kills much deader than my 22-250. I think it's a question of how dead is dead enough?

 

[MS 9x56]

Will the .308 kill an animal deader than the 6.5? I know that my 300 Webby kills much deader than my 22-250. I think it's a question of how dead is dead enough?

Well if it can’t chase you or bite you that’s dead enough.

 

[Redmt]

Well if it can’t chase you or bite you that’s dead enough.

Is there a point where anything can be too dead? I would think that there must be a point where the animal is so obliterated that it could be considered too dead.